Upcoming Internal Audits and Evaluations Over the Next Three Fiscal Years

A. Internal Audits
Title of Internal Audit Internal Audit Type Status Expected Completion Date

Audit of Staffing and Talent Management

(Joint audit with NSERC)		 Risk, Internal Control, Governance In progress (launched Q4, 2014-15) September 2015

Audit of Budget Management*

(Joint audit with NSERC)		 Risk, Internal Control, Governance Planned Will be confirmed once the RBAP is approved in March 2015

Audit of Research Portal* (previously called Audit of CRM)

(Joint audit with NSERC)		 Risk, Internal Control, Governance Planned Will be confirmed once the RBAP is approved in March 2015

Follow-up Audit of Information Technology Security*

(Joint audit with NSERC)		 Risk, Internal Control, Governance Planned Will be confirmed once the RBAP is approved in March 2015

Audit of Canada Graduate Scholarship Funding Opportunities*

 Risk, Internal Control, Governance Planned Will be confirmed once the RBAP is approved in March 2015

* Denotes audit engagements that are part of the 2014-17 Risk-based Audit Plan (RBAP). The renewal of the RBAP occurs from December to February, with approval in March 2015; therefore, these audits may shift or change based on the risk assessment conducted during the renewal exercise.

B. Evaluations
Link to Departmental Program Alignment Architecture Title of the Evaluation Planned Evaluation Start Date Planned Deputy Head Approval Date
1.1.2 Canada Graduate Scholarships Tri-Agency Evaluation of the Canada Graduate Scholarships December 2012 July 2015
1.3.3 Networks of Centres of Excellence Joint Evaluation of the Networks of Centres of Excellence and the Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence September 2013 April 2015
1.1.5 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships Evaluation June 2013 July 2015
1.1.4 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Tri-Agency Evaluation of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships December 2013 July 2014
1.2.2 Institutional research capacity grants Institutional Research Capacity Grants Evaluation July 2014 December 2015
1.2.1 Individual, team and partnership research grants Individual and Team Research Grants Evaluation October 2014 February 2016
1.1.1 Canada Research Chairs Tri-Agency Evaluation of the Canada Research Chairs December 2014 March 2016
1.3.2 Research-based knowledge culture Research-Based Knowledge Culture Evaluation December 2015 March 2017
1.3.1 Individual, team and partnership knowledge mobilization grants Individual, Team and Partnership Knowledge Mobilization Grants Evaluation December 2016 March 2018